Shuttle-retainer for looms



E. H. TIMANUS.

SHUTTLE RETAINER FOR Looms.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31. I920.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

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EUGENE I-I. TIMANUS, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AssIenoR or ONE- ALF r0D01\TIGA1\T D. rownns, or BALTIMQRE, MARYLAND.

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Be it known that I, EUGENE I-I. TIMANUS,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at This invention relates toshuttle retainers for looms and has for an object to provide a retainer,having improved means for applying manual force to raise the shuttle tosuch elevation as to make it easily accessible for removal.

The further object of-the invention is to provide a shuttle retainerwith a hinged bottom, with foot operated mechanism, tiltingthe bottomand the shuttle therewith to stand the shuttle approximately in avertical position thereby elevating the upper endin a position to begrasped by the hand of the operator.

Vith these and other objects in view the device comprises certain novelelements, units and combinations which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a view in elevation of a shuttle inclined and loomconventionally with the improved retainer also in elevation associatedtherewith.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the retainer, a fragment being broken outto show the construction.

F ig. 3 is a perspective view of the tiltable bottom.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The improved shuttle retainer, which forms the subject matter of thisapplication, is adapted to be associated with a loom of the shuttlechanging type, indicated conventionally at 10, having means toautomatically discharge empty shuttles, a chute 11 being employed toconvey the empty shuttle to the retainer.

Theretainer comprises a bed 12 disposed at a slight inclination at theend of, and beneath the chute 11 and supported in any approved manner asby the leg 13 and brace 14.

Attached tothe bed 12, preferably at each side, as shown, are upstandingframe members 15 and 16, the latter being disposed Specification ofLetters Patent.

j SHUTTLE-RETAINER ron Looms.

. Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

' Application filed: March 31,1920. Serial No. 370,135.

upon converging lines, as seen more particularly at Fig. 2, whichprevents the shuttle 1'? from passing between and being discharged. Theframes 15 and 16 are also spaced as at 18, providing space to insert thehand to remove the shuttle when the lifting device is not employed.

The lifting device comprises a bottom 19 hinged to the base 12 at 20, bythe employmentof a. knee 21. One branch of the knee 21 ektends' belowthe base 12, and in position for engagement by an arm 22, carried by'andpreferably integral with a lever 23.

The lever 23 is fulcrumed upon any convenient stationary abutment at 2 1and is provided with a foot-piece25 which, when depressed, lifts the arm22 to the position 22. The elevation of the arm 22 to the position 22bearing against the knee 21 lifts the bottom 19 to the position 19and'therewith the shuttle 17 to the position 17- As the-shuttles areprovided with metal points 26 it has been found that the frequent actionof such points upon metal in raising theshuttle abrades the points andrenders the shuttle defective. To overcome this, a non-abrasive materialis provided at 27. This non-abrasive material is preferably leather,although it is to be understood that the invention is in no way limitedto the employment of any specific material for the purpose. Thismaterial also restrains the shuttle from slipping off the retainer.

It will be apparent from the drawing that one or more shuttles 17 maybe'deposited from the chute 11 on to the bottom 19 and that thedepression of the foot-piece 25 will raise the shuttle to the positionshown in dotted lines at Fig. 1. In this position the upper end may bequickly and readily grasped by the operator without undue and fatiguingstooping. It is found in operation, however, that a quick, incisivedepression of the foot piece 25 has the effect of throwing the shuttleupwardly, free of the retainer, and with a little practice the operatorsbecome sufficiently skilful to throw the shuttle to the hand rather thanstoop to Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shuttle'retainer for-looms, a piv otally mounted bed member andmanually operated means to move the member toward vertical position.

2; In a loom, ashuttle retainer comprlshandling: device, a fixed at oneend, means on the fixed support to engage the end of tlie shuttle, and amanually operated lever to move theshuttle supporter on its pivot.

45. The combinat on with a loom, embodying .a shuttle-chute andretainer, a pivoted bottom positioned to receive a shuttle from thechute and'manually operable means for lifting the bottom and raisingthe,shuttle to approximatelyvertical position.

- .5. The combination with a loom embodying a shuttle-chute, a retainerpositioned ber 7 ,my hand and seal at Baltimore, Maryland,

low the end er the chute and having a hinged bottom disposedapproximately horizontal and means'to raise the hinged bottom I, and a'shuttle carried thereby to an approximately'vertical position. v

7 6; A shuttle retalner a with 'a loom having a shuttle-chute,comprisiing side retaining members, a hinged bot position. 7 V

7. A shuttle retainer adapted to :be assodapted to operate tom, and afoot lever adapted to lift the hinged bottom to an approximatelyvertical ciated'with a loom embodying a shuttlechute, comprisingretaining members, and an approximately horizontal bottom hingedadjacent one end, and a foot lever fulcrumed adjacent-the bottom andadapted whendepressed. to release the hinged bottom and a shuttlecarriedthereby to approximately a vertical position. a

i .8 A shuttle retainer comprising retaining members and a bottom hingedat one end,

and a foot lever fulcrumed adjacent the hinged bottom and adapted toengage and swing said bottom upon, its hinge from normal position to aposition approaching the vertical,

9. A' loom comprising a shuttlechute, a

device mounted to swing and positioned to receive the shuttle, andmanually operable [means to swing said device and raise the shuttle,substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set this 30th day of lVIarch,A. D.nineteen hundred and twenty. v q

EUGENE 'TI-MANUSQ [1,. s.]

Witnesses: H PHILIP H. HOFFMAN, FRANK L. HULL.

